Effective Date: April 15, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and disclosed when you visit or interact with williammcgill.com (“Site”). Your privacy is important, and this policy is intended to help you understand your rights and our responsibilities under applicable data protection laws.
Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. Cookies typically last for one year.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Analytics and Security
This Site uses GoAccess, an open-source web log analyzer, to review real-time visitor traffic and site usage based on server log files. GoAccess does not use cookies or JavaScript tracking. The data it processes is anonymized and aggregated to help monitor performance and improve user experience. In addition, the Site is protected by Google reCAPTCHA to prevent automated abuse. Data collected by reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Spam Protection
Visitor comments may be filtered using Akismet, an automated spam detection service provided by Automattic. You can learn more about how Akismet processes your data by visiting:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Information
For questions, data requests, or privacy-related concerns, please visit our Contact Page.